From the Preface (by Ajahn Sucitto):
This book evolved out of some talks I had given in the space of a few years, mostly at Cittaviveka Monastery. In these talks, I had been exploring the relevance of the Buddhaâs teachings on kamma to the practice of meditation. At first glance the two topics may not seem that closely related: kamma is a teaching on behaviour, and meditation is apparently about doing nothing, isnât it? Or we might have the idea that: âKamma is all about who I was in a previous life, what Iâm stuck with now, and what Iâll get reborn as. Kamma is about being somebody, whilst meditation is about not being anybody.â Not so. I hope that the ensuing texts, which have evolved from talks into essays, help make it clear that the principles of kamma link âexternalâ behaviour to the âinternalâ practice of meditation. And that meditation is one kind of kamma â the kamma that leads to the end of kamma. In fact âkamma and the end of kammaâ is a useful summary of what the Buddha had to offer as a path to well- being and to Awakening.
This book evolved out of some talks I had given in the space of a few years, mostly at Cittaviveka Monastery. In these talks, I had been exploring the relevance of the Buddhaâs teachings on kamma to the practice of meditation. At first glance the two topics may not seem that closely related: kamma is a teaching on behaviour, and meditation is apparently about doing nothing, isnât it? Or we might have the idea that: âKamma is all about who I was in a previous life, what Iâm stuck with now, and what Iâll get reborn as. Kamma is about being somebody, whilst meditation is about not being anybody.â Not so. I hope that the ensuing texts, which have evolved from talks into essays, help make it clear that the principles of kamma link âexternalâ behaviour to the âinternalâ practice of meditation. And that meditation is one kind of kamma â the kamma that leads to the end of kamma. In fact âkamma and the end of kammaâ is a useful summary of what the Buddha had to offer as a path to well- being and to Awakening.
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